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Local Police

Approximately fifty cars have been marked with what appears to be human blood in the German town of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, according to authorities.

Automobiles, exterior walls and postboxes were vandalized, sometimes with Nazi symbols, they reported in a statement.

Police report they were alerted late on Wednesday, when a individual discovered that a automobile in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been covered with a reddish-hued substance.

The substance had been drawn in the shape of a Nazi symbol, they added.

Officers then discovered many other vandalized vehicles and residential walls in the nearby vicinity.

Nazi symbols are illegal in Germany under laws prohibiting the public exhibition of Nazi symbols.

Police say initial examinations show the fluid was probably human blood.

"Currently there is no lead as to its source; authorities are currently not cognizant of any physical harm in association with the event," they added.

Municipal representatives announced they were attempting "to solve the mystery" and have requested to the residents for tips.

A senior political figure commented the vandalism made him stunned and needed to be addressed promptly.

"This act affects the very heart of Hanau and reopens the wounds of the right-wing violent incident five years ago," he stated on social media, recalling the murder of nine people by a gunman focusing on individuals of foreign heritage in five years prior.